Raif Özkan Uğur (born October 17, 1953) is a Turkish

pop musician Pop music is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the ...

, member of the renowned band

MFÖ Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan (MFÖ), also known by their original name Mazhar ve Fuat, is a Turkish pop and rock band with Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner and Özkan Uğur as members. While many of their songs poke fun at common Turkish types ("Ali Desidero", ...

and an

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. He was born as the 5th child of his family. He graduated Reşat Nuri Güntekin Primary School where he met and started playing mandolin. Afterwards, while he was studying in Fenerbahçe High School, he formed a band called '' Atomikler'' and covered popular songs of the time. He started his career as a musician in the Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu Orchestra as a

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

ist. In 1971, Özkan joined

Mazhar Alanson Mahmut Mazhar Alanson (born February 13, 1950) is a Turkish musician, guitarist, member of the popular Turkish pop music band MFÖ, and an actor. Early life He was born on February 13, 1950, to a family of musicians in Ankara, Turkey, wher ...

and

Fuat Güner Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor. Early life He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami G ...

in the duo "Kaygısızlar" ("The Unworrieds") The band was dissolved in 1972. Between 1972 and 1975, Özkan played

Anatolian rock Anatolian rock ( tr, Anadolu rock), or known as Turkish psychedelic rock, is a fusion of Turkish folk music and rock. It emerged during the mid-1960s, soon after rock groups became popular in Turkey. Most known members of this genre includes Turk ...

music with

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beg ...

in his band Kurtalan Ekspres, in "TER" of

Erkin Koray Erkin Koray (; born 24 June 1941) is a Turkish musician, electro-baglama player, and active in Anatolian rock. Career Koray has been in the Turkish folk music scene since the late 1950s. In 1957, he and his band began playing covers of Elvis P ...

, "Dostlar" of Edip Akbayram, "Kardaşlar" of Seyhan Karabay and "Dadaşlar" of Ersen. In 1976, he left Anatolian rock music genre and joined the

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"İpucu" led by the

trio. Özkan formed in 1978 the band "Grup Karma" with Galip Boransu and Cengiz Teoman. He is now playing in the group MFÖ (the three letters stand for the names of the three members: Mazhar Alanson, Fuat Güner, Özkan Uğur). While playing the bass guitar in MFÖ, he performs incredibly difficult vocals with his tenor timbre. He released "Aynada" ("In The Mirror" in Turkish) single from DMC in 2016. He was also a judge in ''

O Ses Türkiye ''O Ses Türkiye'' is a Turkish reality singing competition and local version of ''The Voice''. It started on October 10, 2011. ''O Ses Türkiye'' is presented by Acun Ilıcalı (since 2011). One of the important premises of the show is the qual ...

'' (Turkish version of ''

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'').

Discography

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beg ...
& Kurtalan Ekspres

* 1972: Ölüm Allah'ın Emri / Gamzedeyim Deva Bulmam * 1973: Gönül Dağı / Hey Koca Topçu * 1973: Nazar Eyle / Gülme Ha Gülme

Erkin Koray Erkin Koray (; born 24 June 1941) is a Turkish musician, electro-baglama player, and active in Anatolian rock. Career Koray has been in the Turkish folk music scene since the late 1950s. In 1957, he and his band began playing covers of Elvis P ...
& Ter

* 1972: Hor Görme Garibi / Züleyha

Mazhar-Fuat

* 1974: Türküz Türkü Çağırırız (LP)

Edip Akbayram Edip is a Turkish language, Turkish given name. People named Edip include: * Halide Edip Adıvar (1884–1964), Turkish novelist and feminist * Edip Cansever (1928–1986), Turkish poet * Edip Yüksel (born 1957), Turkish American intellectual {{g ...
& Dostlar

* 1974: Garip / Kaşların Karasına

Ersen & Dadaşlar

* 1975: Dostlar Merhaba / Ne Sevdiğin Belli Ne Sevmediğin * 1975: Gafil Gezme Şaşkın / Güzele Bak Güzele * 1976: Ekmek Parası / Zalim

Selda & Dadaşlar

* 1976: Türkülerimiz (LP)

Seyhan Karabay & Kardaşlar

* 1976: Kan Davası / Dam Üstünde Çul Serer

İpucu Beşlisi

* 1976: Heyecanlı / Hop Otur Hop Kalk

Grup Karma

* 1978: İmkansız / Mutlu Mu Gülenler

MFÖ

Filmography

Movies

* ''Arkadaşım Şeytan'', 1988 * ''

Eşkıya ''The Bandit'' ( tr, Eşkıya) is a 1996 Turkey, Turkish film written and directed by Yavuz Turgul and starring Şener Şen and Uğur Yücel. According to the director the film, which is about a bandit who comes to Istanbul after serving a 35-y ...

'', 1996 * ''Komser Şekspir'', 2000 * ''

G.O.R.A. ''G.O.R.A.: A Space Movie'' ( tr, G.O.R.A.: Bir Uzay Filmi) is a 2004 Turkish science-fiction comedy film, directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which stars Cem Yılmaz as a used carpet salesman who is abducted by aliens from the planet G.O.R.A. The fi ...

'', 2004 * ''Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika'', 2006 * '' A.R.O.G'', 2009 * ''

Yahşi Batı ''Yahşi Batı'' is a 2010 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which stars Cem Yılmaz as special agents tasked by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to deliver a diamond gift to the American president. The film, which went on nati ...

'', 2010 * ''

Pek Yakında ''Coming Soon'' ( tr, Pek Yakında) is a 2014 Turkish comedy film directed by Cem Yılmaz. Cast *Cem Yılmaz as Zafer Yildiz/Besir * Tülin Özen as Arzu *Ozan Güven as Bogac Boray *Özkan Uğur as Ejder *Zafer Algöz Zafer Algöz (born 30 A ...

'', 2014 * ''

Arif V 216 ''Arif V 216'' is a Turkish comedy film directed by Kıvanç Baruönü and written by Cem Yılmaz. It stars Cem Yılmaz, Ozan Güven, Seda Bakan, Zafer Algöz and Özkan Uğur. It is a sequel to '' A.R.O.G'' (2008) and '' G.O.R.A'' (2004). Plot ...

'', 2018 * ''Karakomik Filmler'', 2019 * ''Karakomik Filmler 2'', 2020

TV series

* '' İkinci Bahar'', 1999 * ''Yeter Anne'', 2002 * ''Alacakaranlık'', 2003 * ''İstanbul Şahidimdir'', 2004 * ''Cennet Mahallesi'', 2004 (Show TV) * ''Sıkı Dostlar'', 2009 (Türkmax - Fox TV) * ''Türk Malı'', 2010 (Show TV) * ''Şubat'', 2012-2013 (TRT 1) * ''Poyraz Karayel'', 2015-2016 (Kanal D) * ''Jet Sosyete'', 2019 (episode 40)

Film score

* ''Arkadaşım Şeytan'', 1988 * '' G.O.R.A'', 2004

References

* Biyografi.info
''Özkan Uğur''

External links

Biography

Sinematürk

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